Photograph holder and exhibitor



(No Model.)

H. BORGERSEN. PHOTOGRAPH HOLDER AND EXHIBITOR.

No. 545,192. Patented Aug. 2'7, 1895.

tion the rod D UNITED STATES HANS BORGERSEN,

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PHOTOGRAPH HOLDER AND EXHlBlTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 545,192, dated August 27, 1895.

Application filed April 1'7, 1895.

Serial No 546,038. (No model.)

To all, whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Hans Bonennsnu, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Photograph Holders and Exhibitors; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of this invention is to provide a closed receptacle or holder that is substantially dust proof in which photographs or pictures may be loosely placed and exhibited in regular order in accordance with their arrangement.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of a device on line 1, Fig. 2, looking in the direction indicated by the arrow, which embodies my improved features; and Fig. 2, a transverse section on line 2, Fig. l.

A is a box-like case or receptacle, which may be of any suitable dimensions,but preferably of the rectangular form shown.

The holder and exhibiting-case A is sup ported at an inclined angle, as illustrated, by means of a detachable base, comprising'the inclined part B and the horizontal part B, which come together at their meeting ends and are retained in this relative position by an interposed triangular wedge-block U. A cylindrical pivot-body C is rigidly secured to the under side of the case and projects through an aperture ctinihe inclined part of the baSesupport.

The lower ends of companion screw-rods I) D are provided with suitable hearings in the pivot -body 0', the rod D projecting through and having a handle a secured thereon, while the rod D stops short in said body. On the lower ends of said rods are mounted companion pinions b b, recessed in body 0, which engage with each other, so that when the rod D is turned in one direcwill be rotated in the opposite A removable cap I) affords access The screw-rods extend up into of the inclosing case and stop direction. to the pinions. the chamber 5 just short of the top 12 thereof, leaving aspace b therebetween, as shown in Fig. 1. The screw-rods beinglocated in the center of the case may be said to divide the same into two compartments opening into each other.

In the respective ends of the case are located movable companion shelves dd. Traveling threaded nuts (1 d are respectively mounted on screw-rods D D, and are each provided with a strap-extension d rigidly fastened to the inner adjacent ends of the shelves. By this arrangement one shelf will travel upward and the other downward when the endless screw-rods are rotated, the shelves maintaining about the relative position shown in the drawings in this alternate action.

A number or packet of pictures 9 placed on the inclined shelf 61 rests against the screwrod D, as shown in the drawings. Now as the screw-rods are rotated the shelf 01 and the pictures or photographs loosely supported thereon are moved upward until the first or top one clears the end of the rod, when it will gravitate or slide over onto the companion shelf d, which in the meantime has traveled the same distance in a downward direction. This operation may be continued until all of the photographs are transferred from one shelf to the other, when the case may be turned end for end on its pivot and the packet of pictures Withdrawn from the case, turned to bring them head end up, and replaced and the operation repeated. The top or cover of the'case has a glass plate 9' framed therein, through which the pictures may be seen, two of which are always exposed to view at the same time.

The respective ends of the case have a hinged connection, as at 9 and are provided at the top edge with a catch, the inner end it of which is adapted to engage with a recess 72. in a locking position and the outer end 7L projecting, so that it may be conveniently grasped to turn and disengagethe same from a locking position and afford access to the picture'compartment.

I do not limit myself to the precise arrangement shown for supporting the holder in its inclined position, but may vary the same without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a device of the kind described, the combination with a holder and exhibitingcase, containing pictures to be exhibited and provided on the under side with a pivotal body, of-abasesupport, consisting of an inclined part andra horizontal part joined at their meeting-ends, said pivotal body ing through the inclined part and providing for the turning of the case end for end parallel with said inclined part,substantially as described.

2. In a device of the kind described, the combination with a holder and exhibiting case, supported in an inclined position and having a transparent top, of companion movable shelves located in therespective ends of said case and adapted to support a packet of pictures, and means for simultaneously imparting, an alternate movement in opposite directions to said shelves, whereby the pictures being exhibited are one moving shelf to the other one by one, substantially as described.

3. In a device of thekind described, the combination with a holder and exhibitingcase, supported in an inclined position, of companion endless screw-rods, having suitable bearings in the lower part of said case and extending upwardly therein and stopping short of the top, .the companion engaging pinions, mounted on said rods, the movable shelves, traveling-nuts, mounted on said rods and provided with strap-extensions and rigidly fastened to the adjacent ends of said shelves, whereby the rotating of said rods will cause saidshelves to have a simultaneous movement in opposite directions, substantially as described.

4. In a device of the kind described, the

combination with a holder and exhibitingcase, provided with a pivotal body, of a supan inclined project transferred from, bearings and one of said ortin -base ivotall mountin said case in P e P y 2::

their lower ends journaled in said pivotal body and the upper ends stopping short of the interior top, the companion engaging pinions, mounted on the lower part of said rods, and the movable companion shelves, having athreaded engagement and supported on said rods which are adapted to be simultaneously rotated in opposite directions, whereby one of said shelves is moved upward and the other downward, substantially as described.

5. In a device of the kind described, the combination with a holder and exhibitingcase, supported in an inclined position, of companion screw rods, the lower ends of which are provided with suitable journalrods projecting beposition, the screw-rods, having low the bottom of the case, and the upper ends stopping short of the interior top, a handle, fixed onrthe lower projecting end of one of said rods, the companion engaging-pinions, the shelves, having a threaded engagement with an alternate up-and-down movement on said rods, and a packet of on and having their ends resting against one of said rods, whereby when the same is rotated'the shelf is elevated and each picture as it clears the end of the rod gravitates onto the companion shelf, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

HANS BORGERSEN. Witnesses:

L. M. FREEMAN, L. B. COUPLAND.

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